Day 1 and Day 2 went well with The Great Pantry Challenge. It sort of “upped” the challenge to add in a day field trip to the aquarium, but we did it! It certainly would’ve been easier to go the convenient route and spend money to eat out somewhere, but to be honest we barely had enough for the parking Continue Reading →
I’ve been busy this weekend getting us ready for The Great Pantry Challenge. We’ve got a crazy week ahead of us with a day trip to the coast to visit the aquarium on top of everything else. The Pumpkin Patch carnival at our church gets sandwiched in there between our regular activities too. So what this means is that I’ve Continue Reading →
My friend and I have challenged each other to live out of our pantry until November 1. She has explained it well on her blog. Why repeat her well written words? You can read it there. However, you might wonder why I’d bother to post it on Mommy Map. What does that have to do with parenting wisdom? Well, one Continue Reading →
Life can get so intense, so I am ever grateful when God drops a funny bomb through the mouths of my children. If you are my Faceb*ok friend then you’ve probably heard most of these, but I’d thought I’d post them for a good laugh anyway. While my kids were playing Flashlight Tag outside, Daughter of Purpose came inside. She Continue Reading →
Have you ever had one of those days that if they were passing out awards, you’d only win for “Suckiest Mom”? Yep, today would be one of those days. I really wanted to just go back to bed, pull the covers over my head and come out tomorrow in hopes that things would be better then. Honestly, it hasn’t been Continue Reading →
My own words have been coming back to me. Earlier this week I wrote about creating memories worth repeating in regards to my children. My basic premise was that things don’t create memories, but relationships or experiences do. As my own words echoed in my head, it got me thinking about the memories that have been created that are worth Continue Reading →
Managing a large family takes a bit of organization and some creativity to help things run smoothly. Things that may work for a family with 2 children will fall flat in our home or they may just make this Mama lose her mind. One of the things that I have had to figure out by trial and error is how Continue Reading →
Usually I try to come up with a scripture to personalize and pray for my children each week. This week has started out with a bit of personal wrestling on my part so I thought I’d share with you a scripture that I has anchored me as I walk this journey. Sometimes Mamas need prayer too. The Navigator did not Continue Reading →
Here’s some pictures I dug out from those memories that have become worth repeating. Making pies with Mo and sharing the results. Making memories by viewing some Christmas lights together, warming up with hot chocolate and decorating cookies. In case you can relate…FacebookGoogleTwitterPinterestEmail
Yesterday was a long day packed with activity, but do you know what I loved about it? It was a day that we created memories worth repeating. I think we can create these types of memories any day, but there are certain seasons of the year that are ripe for this kind of opportunity. We spent the larger part of Continue Reading →